Entellus
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Entellus was a Trojan or Sicilian hero from whom the town of Entella in Sicily was believed to have received its name.[1] He was a friend of the Trojan king Acestes. A boxing match of Entellus with Dares is described in Virgil's Aeneid.
Entellus is the namesake of the Gray langur Presbytis entellus.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Leonhard Schmitz (1870). "article name needed". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.- http://department.monm.edu/history/faculty_forum/Theissen_a_boxing_match.htm
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- ^ Virg. Aen. v. 389, with Servius. (cited by Schmitz)
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